Applicants should have completed their most recent degree after January 4, 2011. Positions will begin June 1, 2013 or as soon as a suitable candidate is found, and will run through December 2014. Pay will be commensurate to experience under Saxon and ESF regulations.

System and workflow manager

We are looking for an addition to our team who will develop and administrate scalable systems and workflows for processing and visualizing billions of words. Our text analysis includes the latest technologies in OCR, linguistic annotation, named entity identification, text reuse and topic modeling. You will be working in an international and interdisciplinary group of young scientists, aiming to create a new generation of tools and methods for learning, analyzing and interacting with languages. The job will range from general systems administration to the planning, implementing, managing and monitoring of completely novel software systems.

Skills
Required skills and experience:

Linux/Unix System Administration

Build management system (at least one of Maven, Gradle or Ant)

Scripting language (at least one of Perl, Python, Ruby or Clojure)

Version control (at least one of Git, Mercurial or Subversion)

Unit test developmentDesired skills and experience:

Experience with workflow tools such as Taverna

Object oriented programming language (e.g. Java, Python, C++)

Multi-threaded / distributed programming

RDF, XML and Linked Data concepts

Continuous Integration environments and test-driven development

Personality

Ability to prioritise

Attention to detail

Ability to take initiative (self-driven), to work independently and as part of a team

Forward planner

Clear focus on high quality

Interactive designer

We are looking for an addition to our team who will join us in developing new methods by which users can interact with historical sources in general and with the collections in the Perseus Digital Library in particular. In this position, you will build ‘gamified’ user interfaces for eLearning applications which enable students to contribute to current research, to receive and give feedback, and to track and analyze their learning progress. You will be working in an international and interdisciplinary group of young scientists, aiming to create a new generation of tools and methods for learning, analyzing and interacting with languages.

Skills

Required skills and experience:

Graphic design

Javascript, CSS and HTML

RDF, TEI XML and Linked Data conceptsDesired skills and experience:

HTML5 and/or mobile application development skills

Knowledge of Ancient Greek or Latin

Experience with linguistic annotationPersonality

Strong attention to detail

Ability to take initiative (self-driven), to work independently and as part of a team

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